A 12-year-old boy was rescued and three men and a juvenile who had allegedly abducted him after luring him on the pretext of providing pigeons were arrested in Bawana area of Outer Delhi, police said today.
The gang had demanded a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from the family of the boy who studies in class 5. However, they were nabbed by a police team from nearby area of Bawana railway station after the victim's family approached the police. The victim was safely rescued from their clutches.
As per Additional Commissioner of Police (Outer) Sanjay Kumar, the gang members were identified as Sudhir, Bharat Yadav, Anil and a juvenile. Anil is the kingpin of the gang. A case has been lodged in the matter.
"The boy is fond of feeding pigeons. On Monday night, he was playing outside his house when Anil went there. Anil told him that one of his friends wanted to give pigeons to any bird lover. The victim, who did not know it was a trap, agreed to accompany Anil to get the birds," said the police official.
Anil took him to an abandoned house and confined him and made a ransom call of Rs five lakh to the victim's family. However, when they were refused the money, they threw the boy into a canal but he swam out of it, police said.
Bharat and the juvenile caught hold of him and were planning to throw him again in the canal after tying his hands and legs when a police team saw them and nabbed them. Later, two of their other accomplices were also apprehended, police said.
The official said Bharat was earlier arrested by police under the Arms Act for keeping a country-made pistol.
